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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Adobe InDesign: Collaborative Design & Workflow Mastery

      Skills you'll gain: Collaboration, Collaborative Software, Adobe InDesign, Version Control, Style Guides, User Feedback, Adobe Creative Cloud, Peer Review, Document Management, File Management, Branding

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Climate and Health for Healthcare Professions

      Skills you'll gain: Health Disparities, Health Equity, Environmental Issue, Advocacy, Environmental Science, Community Health, Health Care, Public Health, Patient Education And Counseling, Health Systems, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Systems Thinking, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Health Policy, Emergency Response, Leadership Development

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      APIs in Java: Call and Integrate an API

      Skills you'll gain: Restful API, Cloud API, Application Programming Interface (API), Postman API Platform, Java Programming, Java, Mobile Development, Apache Maven, Web Development, Eclipse (Software), Software Design

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Howard University

      Building Regression Models with Linear Algebra

      Skills you'll gain: Regression Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Statistical Modeling, Supervised Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Applied Mathematics, Machine Learning Methods, Linear Algebra, Small Data, Statistical Analysis, NumPy

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      DeepLearning.AI

      Quantization in Depth

      Skills you'll gain: PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Dimensionality Reduction

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      Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      University of Colorado System

      Getting Started with GameMaker

      Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Animations, Software Installation, Development Environment, Scripting

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      LearnQuest

      Blockchain Security Advanced Protection

      Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Key Management, Cryptography, Application Security, Encryption, Security Engineering, Secure Coding, Data Security, Cyber Security Assessment, Threat Modeling, Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS), Security Testing, Security Controls, Solution Design, Authentications, Vulnerability Assessments, Solution Architecture, Code Review, Authorization (Computing)

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      API Validation with Postman

      Skills you'll gain: Postman API Platform, Data Validation, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Secure Coding, Verification And Validation, Microservices, Performance Testing, Security Testing, Data Integrity, Authentications

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      Web Development in Flask: Build Your First Website

      Skills you'll gain: Flask (Web Framework), User Accounts, Web Development, Web Applications, HTML and CSS, Authentications, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Database Development, Database Management

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      Introduction to D3.js

      Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Visualization (Computer Graphics), JSON, Data Mapping, Javascript

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      École Polytechnique

      Voyages de l'infiniment grand à l'infiniment petit

      Skills you'll gain: Physics, General Science and Research, Physical Science, Scientific Methods, Engineering, Scientific, and Technical Instruments, Laboratory Research, Radiology, Pharmaceuticals, Science and Research, Research, Chemistry, Emerging Technologies, Laboratory Testing, Laboratory Equipment, Advanced Mathematics, Biology, Energy and Utilities, Radiography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Experimentation

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      DeepLearning.AI

      Efficiently Serving LLMs

      Skills you'll gain: Large Language Modeling, OpenAI, Performance Tuning, Generative AI, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library)

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      Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular political science courses

    • Adobe InDesign: Collaborative Design & Workflow Mastery: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Climate and Health for Healthcare Professions: Duke University
    • APIs in Java: Call and Integrate an API: Coursera Project Network
    • Building Regression Models with Linear Algebra: Howard University
    • Quantization in Depth: DeepLearning.AI
    • Getting Started with GameMaker: University of Colorado System
    • Blockchain Security Advanced Protection : LearnQuest
    • API Validation with Postman: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Web Development in Flask: Build Your First Website: Coursera Project Network
    • Introduction to D3.js: Coursera Project Network

    Why Learn Political Science?

    Political science explores power, governance, public policy, and global affairs—examining how decisions are made and how they affect people’s lives. It combines critical thinking, research, and communication to understand political systems and social change. Learning political science can help you engage more deeply in civic life, pursue careers in law or policy, and analyze issues shaping the world today.

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